i love to love...

Maraini Bastos

         I love the morning spring breeze
         And I love the lonely afternoons in April,
         When autumn leaves spread through the air ...
         I love the warm summer nights
         And the cold nights, when,
         You warm me so much I cherish ...

         I love to welcome you in my bed, anxious,
         Man-boy, eager for affection,
         Mistress Honey, why most of my life ...
         I love to give you, in my inner madness,
         The best I know that you seek,
         Give me love too - and you meet ...

         But if you come, if thou goest, I finally see
         Half aimlessly, half up beside me,
         And yet, I'm happy, I'm dreaming ...
         Why, beloved, love itself is joy,
         I love the dream, longing, nostalgia,
         And I love you, love life ... and I love to love!

         by Maraini